Figure collecting is both fun and exciting! Seeing your collection grow over the years is one of the best experience that you can get from this hobby. But what happens when it’s time for you to clean your 100+ figures? Welcome to the figure dusting club!
It’s been months since I last cleaned all of my figures and now with the availability of Best house cleaning services Toronto, my cleaning work was completed in no time. The accumulated dust on my figures was so overwhelming it took me 2 days to clean all of them (including the display racks). I have to be honest, yes, figure collecting is a great hobby and it’s super addicting, but when it comes to cleaning, my laziness always kicks off. That’s why it is better to go for the Window Cleaning in Austin TX for professional cleaning of our house.
Seriously, cleaning your figure collection (specially if you have lots of them) is no joke. These figures that we have are quite expensive and they really need a dedicated time for maintenance. Failure to do this might affect your precious investments with the likes of figure bending, dirt smudges, and discoloration.
I myself have a couple of figures that shows signs of deterioration, though they are the cheap ones. I also discovered that figures created by GSC / Max Factory and Alter are pretty durable. My 4yr old Kasumi C2 is still in good condition. I’m not that happy with Griffon though, my Super Sonico Valentine Ver. already started to show signs of bending T_T. My other old Griffon figures also have this melting paint issue. Not really sure what material are they using knowing that their figure is one of the most expensive out there. I’m now thinking to just focus on Alter and GSC because of there high quality figures (both materials and sculpt) plus their figure lifespan.
And yeah, forgot to mention about my Kotobukiya figures. Looks like they’re also using high quality materials for their figures. Didn’t saw any signs of deterioration on my old Kotobukiya figs.
Below are a couple of quick shots I’ve taken while cleaning all of my figures.
See you on our next figure cleaning session! How often do you clean your figures?
You know, seeing how beautful your pictures were and how clean your office looked, I was JUST about to ask you how you kept your room dust free…hahahahah
I just started my collection and probably will invest in a case to display them into, besides my favorites. I think one or 2 will go outside while the rest will go inside.
nonetheless, WONDERFUL topic and entry.
Thanks Victor! hahaha yeah! Honestly, I really hate figure cleaning but like what I’ve said on my first post about figure maintenance, if you don’t want to experience the hassle of cleaning, then stop collecting hahaha! I’m sure your collection will grow overtime so better prepare yourself! :P
Hey,
I noticed your mark I’ve iron man has faded underpants. Is this true?
Unfortunately, that’s true :( Though it’s not that noticeable and I can live with it. But it’s kinda disappointing to know that you are paying $200+ dollars for a figure that is fading overtime. The fading issues happen on the rubber parts of the figure. I hope for the Mark VII they use hard plastic instead of the usual fading rubber for the underpants.
essentially dust is dead skin cells ie,hair as well as particles from outer space. so even with closed airconditioning dust accumulation is still a problem. :) why not get custom-made glass or acrylic cabinets? u seem like a guy with a knack for design and aesthetics.
Yeah, you got that right! Well, getting custom made glass cabinets is not a problem. It’s just that with my current office setup, I don’t have the space for bulky glass cabinets :/ I’m thinking of maybe placing the actual glass cabinet in the wall like a normal display rack to save space, the problem is, I’m not sure if this is doable or who will do it for me T_T